Censorial Edict

When presenting a petition before the Censors of Nova Roma. Please
prepare
the following:

1. The actual petition (what you want to occur)

2. The Reason why you are requesting this petition.

3. Any evidence to substantiate the petition. This includes anything
that
is even remotely relevant to help the Censors make the decision.

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Once the petition is filed. Within one month, the Censors should begin,
for
lack of the better word, Discovery. This means that any Censor can ask
any
questions, if they have any, to any party whether involved or not
involved in
the petition. However, it primarily lies with the petitioner to
establish
the burden of proof. In other words, any petitioner is responsible for
proving his/her own case.

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Precedent: Any previous decision rendered by previous Censors, will be
used
as Precedent. Stare Decisis - or let the decision stand, will be
established. However, precedents can be overturned by the discretion of
the
Censors.

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I would personally like to thank Cassius for his assistance in helping
me realize that this is something that needed to be created. Hopefully
all of our magistrates in Nova Roma will be able to adopt some sort of
procedures similar to the Edicta I have created.